Parking up

Alex muses on some treasured memories at the end of an era

Alex Kinsman Contributor MINI LIFE The first car I ever rode in, at six days old, was a modified MkI Elf. I grew up with Minis, met my wife at a Mini show in Florida, and married into Minis Unlimited. We then moved to a bigger house and rented an industrial unit so we could enlarge our collection further. MINI SPEC Named after the character in ‘League of Gentlemen’, Tubbs is the ginger step-child of the fleet. Abused and neglected, she is a hotchpotch of parts thrown together and generally only gets any attention when she chucks a strop and goes wrong. MINIS OWNED 1985 City E Mini Knightsbridge ...and 15 others! Idistinctly remember the first issue of Mini Magazine. Laid up in hospital for a week in the summer…

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